Joe Hrudka is a pioneering American gasser

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. Driving a 1957 Chevrolet, he won

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's D/Gas national title at

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in 1961. His winning pass was 12.73 seconds at . The next year, at the wheel of the Peters & Betz team's 1955 Chevrolet (with a

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Chevrolet engine), he won a second NHRA DGas national title at Indianapolis. His winning pass there was 13.37 seconds at . In 1967, the Hrudka Brothers' 1933

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*Davis, Larry. ''Gasser Wars''. North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, p. 181. Dragster drivers American racing drivers {{US-autoracing-bio-stub